# H5862 עֵיטָם

עֵיטָם (ʻÊyṭâm), Strong’s H5862: Etam, a place in Palestine KJV: Etam.. Occurs 5 times.

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*ʻÊyṭâm* — Etam, a place in Palestine

KJV: Etam.

Derived from [עַיִט ʻayiṭ](https://besorah.bible/word/H5861) (a hawk or other bird of prey)

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֵיטָם n.pr.loc. (perh. animal-name)
- 1 perh. near town
- 2 city fortified by Rehob., between Bethlehem and Tekoa
- 3 in Simeon

## Where it occurs
- [Judges 15:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=8) — He struck them hip and thigh with a great slaughter; and he went down and lived in the cave in Etam’s rock.
- [Judges 15:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/15?v=11) — Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cave in Etam’s rock, and said to Samson, “Don’t you know that the…
- [1 Chronicles 4:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/4?v=3) — These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. The name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
- [1 Chronicles 4:32](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/4?v=32) — Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;
- [2 Chronicles 11:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-chronicles/11?v=6) — He built Bethlehem, Etam, Tekoa,